Senigallia

Senigallia is a port town on the Adriatic coast of Italy, located within the Marche region. Senigallia's name refers to the Senone Gauls of antiquity, and the settlement was conquered from the Senones by the Romans in 284 BC. Senigallia saw economic development during the Middle Ages, and it was captured and recaptured many times during the wars between the Guelphs and Ghibellines. In 1503, Cesare Borgia carried out a bloody coup in Senigallia against some of his disloyal supporters. In 1624, Senigallia became a part of the Papal States' Urbino province, and it was united with Italy in 1870. Senigallia had a population of 44,498 in 2009.